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Poll: If Taylor beats Britney's record...
View Poll Results: Will that mean Taylor has surpassed Britney?
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YES!
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NO.
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Taylor is a LEGEND
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Member Since: 3/2/2014
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Nope. Britney is a legend and she has made an impact. Taylor is just succesful but she has zero impact.
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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I've had it with these "local" drags. Let's do a read down shall we. How many albums does Brittney have? Eight? Seven, counting that last Hiroshima sized tragedy she called an album she released around this time last year? Also, werent' Taylor's first three albums country? What countries sans Canada, the US, and Australia use country music? What genre has Britney always been? Pop. Who released albums in a market where sales were thriving or were declining slowly? Britney. Who's been releasing and going four times platinum in an industry that's dying quickly every year? Taylor Swift. This is Taylor's FIRST official pop album. So the fact some of the mentally wounded Army in here are trying to compare the sales on a global scale between 8 PURE pop albums to 3 country albums & 1 and 1/2 pop albums is comical. Sort of like much of Britney's career for the past decade. As a former stan of Britney and a current of Taylor, I do not see the need of a comparison. Let Britney's sales remain somewhat honorable and if Taylor snatches the record, let her snatch it. There is no need to inflate this somewhat "legendary impact" Britney has (the bitch is respected by no one unless one is suffering from momentary nostalgia and cannot bear to listen to Madonna's vinyls) or inflate Taylor's "legendary" status because of non fans who are riding Taylor's *** because her ass sells albums like Apple products.
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Member Since: 1/4/2014
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Originally posted by BabyCantYouSee
Britney was fortunate to come out at the right time and at the right place. Taylor had to work very hard to get to where she is right now with hard work and her unique talent. She is breaking the record IN 2014, whereas Britney broke the previous record IN 2000, where album sales were at an all time high.
"Britney" and "In The Zone" weren't "hugely successful" either. If they were, they'd AT LEAST be in the top 10 best selling albums for their respective years like "Oops I Did It Again" and "Baby One More Time" were.
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1 As someone who stanned you should know that both those albums moved huge numbers, bigger than any Taylor number and more than her peers like Xtina and Bey did.
2 Again with 1.3 million being a less impressive debut number. Sales are much more frontloaded than they were before which is why again I repeat only 7 females had 100k+ debuts the year OIDIA did 1.3 million. Nobody was selling that much or half that much in their debut weeks.
3 If you're gonna spend your ATRL time trying to discredit everything she has ever done and everything you once tried to defend then at least do so without being transparent. Quit being a ***** and hiding behind the oh I am a fan cuz your not, your stan card was burned and your fan card was revoked because it was as defective as your opinions.
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Member Since: 3/2/2014
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BabyCantYouSee NEEDS to stop, especially with that username, I can't
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Member Since: 6/24/2012
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Originally posted by BabyCantYouSee
Britney was fortunate to come out at the right time and at the right place. Taylor had to work very hard to get to where she is right now with hard work and her unique talent. She is breaking the record IN 2014, whereas Britney broke the previous record IN 2000, where album sales were at an all time high.
"Britney" and "In The Zone" weren't "hugely successful" either. If they were, they'd AT LEAST be in the top 10 best selling albums for their respective years like "Oops I Did It Again" and "Baby One More Time" were.
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You're talking as if Taylor has already broken the record. Not even the Swifties brag about this, why are you so pressed?
In the Zone was a successful album. It gave Britney three #1s worldwide. Got get some air.
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Member Since: 9/9/2012
Posts: 59,872
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Originally posted by tigerlily13
counting that last Hiroshima sized tragedy she called an album she released around this time last year?
So the fact some of the mentally wounded Army in here are trying to compare the sales on a global scale between 8 PURE pop albums to 3 country albums & 1 and 1/2 pop albums is comical. Sort of like much of Britney's career for the past decade.
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jfld;
Let them breathe girl.
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Member Since: 1/25/2012
Posts: 44,884
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Why is it such a pain for some of you guys to realize and accept the truth? Britney's peak is very exaggerated on this site because it's all nostalgia. I mean, I like her, but come on. To say she's in the league of an artist like Madonna is foolish.
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Member Since: 1/4/2014
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Originally posted by Team.B
I'm dying at how people are saying Britney started to decline two years into her career? In what world?
Take off the stan glasses and get a clue and maybe educate yourselves a bit. It's so annoying having a bunch of Tweens discredit artists who were Incredibly successful for way longer than two years just because they weren't old enough to know what actually happened
Taylor is huge right now and nobody is taking that away from her. But the impact Britney has had on the music industry is WAY WAY stronger than Taylor. Taylor isn't even a close second when it comes to impact, Gaga would be before her.
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U know the girls like to act that's what happened.
Like she wasn't last decade highest selling female in the US/ highest selling artist globally and took over 3 yrs off at her musical peak.
See what Taylor fans don't understand is that not only was Britney selling albums and singles.
She was also performing with LEGENDS from Michael Jackson, Madonna, Aerosmith and Mary J Blige
Her ICONIC/MEMORABLE performances, Hits, Vids, Looks, Magazine covers etc etc ... Taylor has a LOT of catching up to do!!!
She gotta get to Gaga, Rihanna and Katy before she can ever come for Britney or Beyonce (The TOP 2 Females of they era I.E the Madonna and Mariah of our generation
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Member Since: 8/31/2013
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Originally posted by BabyCantYouSee
Why is it such a pain for some of you guys to realize and accept the truth? Britney's peak is very exaggerated on this site because it's all nostalgia. I mean, I like her, but come on. To say she's in the league of an artist like Madonna is foolish.
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Member Since: 6/24/2012
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Originally posted by tigerlily13
I've had it with these "local" drags. Let's do a read down shall we. How many albums does Brittney have? Eight? Seven, counting that last Hiroshima sized tragedy she called an album she released around this time last year? Also, werent' Taylor's first three albums country? What countries sans Canada, the US, and Australia use country music? What genre has Britney always been? Pop. Who released albums in a market where sales were thriving or were declining slowly? Britney. Who's been releasing and going four times platinum in an industry that's dying quickly every year? Taylor Swift. This is Taylor's FIRST official pop album. So the fact some of the mentally wounded Army in here are trying to compare the sales on a global scale between 8 PURE pop albums to 3 country albums & 1 and 1/2 pop albums is comical. Sort of like much of Britney's career for the past decade. As a former stan of Britney and a current of Taylor, I do not see the need of a comparison. Let Britney's sales remain somewhat honorable and if Taylor snatches the record, let her snatch it. There is no need to inflate this somewhat "legendary impact" Britney has (the bitch is respected by no one unless one is suffering from momentary nostalgia and cannot bear to listen to Madonna's vinyls) or inflate Taylor's "legendary" status because of non fans who are riding Taylor's *** because her ass sells albums like Apple products.
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Taylor Swift started being promoted around the globe with Fearless. I remember her videos and songs being played on MTV Latin America and Latin America radios despite being Country. She started experiencing success with her second album, which was considered pop-country by so many. Speak Now wasn't as huge as the other. Red was marketed as a Pop album, not an experimental one or country, POP.
You're right, Taylor will sell 1,3 million first week, but sales are front-loaded now, with these market, let's see how much she ends up selling. I truly hope she sells more than 3 million like she always does, not because of her or you Swifties, so labels will learn good music sells.
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Member Since: 8/31/2013
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Originally posted by BabyCantYouSee
Why is it such a pain for some of you guys to realize and accept the truth? Britney's peak is very exaggerated on this site because it's all nostalgia. I mean, I like her, but come on. To say she's in the league of an artist like Madonna is foolish.
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Keep trying harder to discredit her career. You can't cover the sun with one finger.
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Member Since: 8/31/2012
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Originally posted by tigerlily13
I've had it with these "local" drags. Let's do a read down should we. How many albums does Brittney have? Eight? Seven, counting that last Hiroshima sized tragedy she called an album she released around this time last year? Also, werent' Taylor's first three albums country? What countries sans Canada, the US, and Australia use country music? What genre has Britney always been? Pop. Who released albums in a market where sales were thriving or were declining slowly? Britney. Who's been releasing and going four times platinum in an industry that's dying quickly every year? Taylor Swift. This is Taylor's FIRST official pop album. So the fact some of the mentally wounded Army in here are trying to compare the sales on a global scale between 8 PURE pop albums to 3 country albums & 1 and 1/2 pop albums is comical. Sort of like much of Britney's career for the past decade. As a former stan of Britney and a current of Britney, I do not see the need of a comparison. Let Britney's sales remain somewhat honorable and if Taylor snatches the record, let her snatch it. There is no need to inflate this somewhat "legendary impact" Britney has or inflate Taylor's "legendary" status because of non fans who are riding Taylor's *** because her ass sells albums like Apple products.
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Blackout to Britney Jean (4 albums) vs Taylor's 4 albums Non-U.S. sales are basically the same and these are Britney's lowest performing eras.
If that isn't proof
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Member Since: 4/23/2012
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She's already surpassed her when she won Album of the Year Grammy. Now she's just taking that last record from her.
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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Originally posted by TikiMiss
Blackout to Britney Jean (4 albums) vs Taylor's 4 albums Non-U.S. sales are basically the same and these are Britney's lowest performing eras.
If that isn't proof
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TikiMISS. I think you are MISSing the point. Are the Army's comprehension skills and attention span on par with much of Britney's nowadays? Let me highlight it for you.
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So the fact some of the mentally wounded Army in here are trying to compare the sales on a global scale between 8 PURE pop albums to 3 country albums & 1 and 1/2 pop albums is comical
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Taylor's first THREE albums were COUNTRY.
ALL of Brittney's were POP.
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Member Since: 4/4/2014
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Taylor is already bigger than every female artist except for Madonna, Mariah, Whitney, Celine, Rihanna and Barbra Streisand according to the credible best selling artists Wiki. She surpassed Britney with Red and is coming for Barbra next
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Member Since: 1/25/2012
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Originally posted by LoveTheWayILie
1 As someone who stanned you should know that both those albums moved huge numbers, bigger than any Taylor number and more than her peers like Xtina and Bey did.
2 Again with 1.3 million being a less impressive debut number. Sales are much more frontloaded than they were before which is why again I repeat only 7 females had 100k+ debuts the year OIDIA did 1.3 million. Nobody was selling that much or half that much in their debut weeks.
3 If you're gonna spend your ATRL time trying to discredit everything she has ever done and everything you once tried to defend then at least do so without being transparent. Quit being a ***** and hiding behind the oh I am a fan cuz your not, your stan card was burned and your fan card was revoked because it was as defective as your opinions.
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They didn't move "huge" numbers. Like I said, y'all like to exaggerate EVERYTHING. Christina was much more popular than Britney from 2002-2004. Beating her record in 2014 is FAR more impressive than Britney selling that much in 2000. Like what...? I'm not discrediting Britney's success, I'm just being REAL. There's no need to get personal just because of your inability to accept the truth.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 7,001
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Originally posted by BabyCantYouSee
Britney was fortunate to come out at the right time and at the right place. Taylor had to work very hard to get to where she is right now with hard work and her unique talent. She is breaking the record IN 2014, whereas Britney broke the previous record IN 2000, where album sales were at an all time high.
"Britney" and "In The Zone" weren't "hugely successful" either. If they were, they'd AT LEAST be in the top 10 best selling albums for their respective years like "Oops I Did It Again" and "Baby One More Time" were.
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Britney and ITZ did huge numbers. they may not have been BOMT sized numbers but most pop girls' best selling albums barely passed ITZ's numbers.
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Member Since: 12/29/2011
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Originally posted by tigerlily13
I've had it with these "local" drags. Let's do a read down shall we. How many albums does Brittney have? Eight? Seven, counting that last Hiroshima sized tragedy she called an album she released around this time last year? Also, werent' Taylor's first three albums country? What countries sans Canada, the US, and Australia use country music? What genre has Britney always been? Pop. Who released albums in a market where sales were thriving or were declining slowly? Britney. Who's been releasing and going four times platinum in an industry that's dying quickly every year? Taylor Swift. This is Taylor's FIRST official pop album. So the fact some of the mentally wounded Army in here are trying to compare the sales on a global scale between 8 PURE pop albums to 3 country albums & 1 and 1/2 pop albums is comical. Sort of like much of Britney's career for the past decade. As a former stan of Britney and a current of Taylor, I do not see the need of a comparison. Let Britney's sales remain somewhat honorable and if Taylor snatches the record, let her snatch it. There is no need to inflate this somewhat "legendary impact" Britney has (the bitch is respected by no one unless one is suffering from momentary nostalgia and cannot bear to listen to Madonna's vinyls) or inflate Taylor's "legendary" status because of non fans who are riding Taylor's *** because her ass sells albums like Apple products.
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whew
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Member Since: 6/24/2012
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Originally posted by idkher
Taylor is already bigger than every female artist except for Madonna, Mariah, Whitney, Celine, Rihanna and Barbra Streisand according to the credible best selling artists Wiki. She surpassed Britney with Red and is coming for Barbra next
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Sorry darling, but no.
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Member Since: 8/31/2012
Posts: 13,110
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Originally posted by tigerlily13
Are you missing the point of the post? Are the Army's comprehension skills and attention span on par with much of Britney's nowadays? Let me highlight it for you.
Taylor's first THREE albums were COUNTRY.
ALL of Brittany's were POP.
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you clearly are grasping
Giving Taylor the benefit of her 4 first albums, when she was one of the #1 Pop stars
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Britney's last 4 albums, when she was one of the lowest selling pop stars
and Britney and Taylor both have roughly 6 million non-US album sales each Does it matter that Taylor did country? Did that make Shania Twain, who made more mature and less-poppy country music, sell less?
Like what kind of kindergarten excuse
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